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Has a World Cup game ever ended 4-2?

It has. 4-2 has been a World Cup final 118 times in 9,839 games. The first was Uruguay beat Argentina on July 30, 1930; the latest was Morocco beat Haiti on June 24, 2026.

Where 4-2 sits among nearby World Cup scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 4-2 the 14th most common final score out of 53 that have ever occurred in World Cup. One point away, 5-2 has happened 48 times and 4-3 has happened 27 times.

Every 4-2 in World Cup history

DateResultSeason
2026-06-24Morocco over Haiti2026
2026-06-17England over Croatia2026
2025-11-18Scotland over Denmark2025
2025-10-13Belgium over Wales2025
2025-06-06Guatemala over Dominican Republic2025
2025-03-25Norway over Israel2025
2024-11-19Chile over Venezuela2024
2024-06-06Iran over Hong Kong2024
2023-11-17Zambia over Congo2023
2023-11-17Comoros over Central African Republic2023
2022-12-01Germany over Costa Rica2022
2021-11-12Austria over Israel2021
2021-09-07Guinea-Bissau over Sudan2021
2021-09-06Niger over Djibouti2021
2021-09-05Uruguay over Bolivia2021
2021-03-27Belarus over Estonia2021
2021-03-24Turkey over Netherlands2021
2020-10-13Brazil over Peru2020
2020-10-13Ecuador over Uruguay2020
2018-07-15France over Croatia2018
2017-10-10Uruguay over Bolivia2017
2017-10-08Poland over Montenegro2017
2016-03-29Maldives over Bhutan2016
2015-11-12Thailand over Taiwan2015
2015-11-12Bolivia over Venezuela2015
2015-06-16North Korea over Uzbekistan2015
2014-06-22Algeria over South Korea2014
2013-11-20Mexico over New Zealand2013
2013-09-10Egypt over Guinea2013
2013-09-10France over Belarus2013
2013-09-06Portugal over Northern Ireland2013
2013-06-16Ivory Coast over Tanzania2013
2013-06-09Egypt over Zimbabwe2013
2013-06-07Slovenia over Iceland2013
2012-06-10Uruguay over Peru2012
2012-02-29United Arab Emirates over Lebanon2012
2012-02-29Australia over Saudi Arabia2012
2011-10-11Chile over Peru2011
2011-10-07Uruguay over Bolivia2011
2011-09-06Saint Kitts and Nevis over Saint Lucia2011
2011-09-06Haiti over Curaçao2011
2011-07-12Saint Lucia over Aruba2011
2011-07-08Aruba over Saint Lucia2011
2011-06-29Cambodia over Laos2011
2009-10-10Chile over Colombia2009
2009-09-09Brazil over Chile2009
2009-09-05Turkey over Estonia2009
2009-03-28Burkina Faso over Guinea2009
2009-03-28Bosnia and Herzegovina over Belgium2009
2008-10-11Namibia over Zimbabwe2008
2008-06-18Bolivia over Paraguay2008
2008-06-08Kuwait over Syria2008
2008-06-01Mali over Congo2008
2006-06-09Germany over Costa Rica2006
2005-11-16Turkey over Switzerland2005
2004-10-09Argentina over Uruguay2004
2004-05-12Fiji over Papua New Guinea2004
2001-10-13Oman over Uzbekistan2001
2001-09-05Slovakia over Moldova2001
2001-07-27Zambia over Libya2001
2001-06-16Honduras over Trinidad and Tobago2001
2001-06-02Netherlands over Estonia2001
2001-05-13Thailand over Sri Lanka2001
2001-04-23Iraq over Nepal2001
2001-04-21Burkina Faso over Malawi2001
2001-03-28Germany over Greece2001
2000-06-28Venezuela over Bolivia2000
2000-04-23Egypt over Mauritius2000
2000-03-11Aruba over Puerto Rico2000
1997-11-16United States over El Salvador1997
1997-10-11Russia over Bulgaria1997
1997-09-13Iran over China1997
1997-09-06Republic of Ireland over Iceland1997
1997-08-20Romania over North Macedonia1997
1997-08-16Kenya over Burkina Faso1997
1996-11-10Cameroon over Togo1996
1992-11-15Canada over Bermuda1992
1992-10-11DR Congo over Liberia1992
1992-10-09Tahiti over Solomon Islands1992
1989-01-22Zambia over DR Congo1989
1986-06-28France over Belgium1986
1985-10-27Chile over Peru1985
1985-06-05Denmark over Russia1985
1981-11-12China over Saudi Arabia1981
1981-01-04China over North Korea1981
1977-10-09Portugal over Denmark1977
1977-02-27Zambia over Uganda1977
1974-06-30Germany over Sweden1974
1973-12-19Yugoslavia over Greece1973
1973-04-15Zambia over Ethiopia1973
1970-06-14Brazil over Peru1970
1968-12-11Greece over Portugal1968
1968-11-25Trinidad and Tobago over Haiti1968
1968-11-08Sudan over Zambia1968
1968-10-27Zambia over Sudan1968
1968-10-13Canada over United States1968
1966-07-30England over Germany1966
1965-12-01Wales over Denmark1965
1965-05-27Norway over Luxembourg1965
1964-11-29Greece over Denmark1964
1962-06-13Brazil over Chile1962
1961-11-29Czechoslovakia over Scotland1961
1961-10-15Italy over Israel1961
1961-10-08Luxembourg over Portugal1961
1960-11-20Switzerland over Belgium1960
1957-05-08Scotland over Spain1957
1954-06-30Hungary over Uruguay1954
1954-06-27Hungary over Brazil1954
1954-06-26Uruguay over England1954
1953-05-25Belgium over Finland1953
1938-06-19Italy over Hungary1938
1938-06-19Brazil over Sweden1938
1938-06-09Switzerland over Germany1938
1937-07-29Latvia over Lithuania1937
1934-05-27Hungary over Egypt1934
1934-05-24United States over Mexico1934
1934-04-29Netherlands over Belgium1934
1930-07-30Uruguay over Argentina1930

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